Platonic and Archimedean solids in discrete metal-containing clusters

XM Luo, YK Li, XY Dong, SQ Zang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal-containing clusters have attracted increasing attention over the past 2–3 decades.
This intense interest can be attributed to the fact that these discrete metal aggregates, whose …

N-heterocyclic carbene coordinated metal nanoparticles and nanoclusters

H Shen, G Tian, Z Xu, L Wang, Q Wu, Y Zhang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) represent one of the most important organic ligands in
coordination chemistry, and have been recently attracting increasing attention in …

A review of state of the art in phosphine ligated gold clusters and application in catalysis

RH Adnan, JML Madridejos, AS Alotabi… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically precise gold clusters are highly desirable due to their well‐defined structure
which allows the study of structure–property relationships. In addition, they have potential in …

Surface Coordination of Multiple Ligands Endows N‐Heterocyclic Carbene‐Stabilized Gold Nanoclusters with High Robustness and Surface Reactivity

H Shen, Z Xu, MSA Hazer, Q Wu, J Peng… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Deciphering the molecular pictures of the multi‐component and non‐periodic organic‐
inorganic interlayer is a grand technical challenge. Here we show that the atomic …

Bulky ligands induce rich uncoordinated sites for boosting metal nanocluster catalysis

H Guo, Y Chen, YZ Han, Q Wu, L Wang, Q Xu… - Chemistry of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The catalytic activity of ligand-protected metal nanoclusters is often hindered by the blocking
effect of surface ligands, necessitating the creation of more uncoordinated sites to enhance …

Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction over Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters Protected by Organic Ligands

D Yang, J Wang, Q Wang, Z Yuan, Y Dai, C Zhou… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) is a promising method to
realize carbon recycling and sustainable development because of its mild reaction …

Tertiary chiral nanostructures from C− H⋅⋅⋅ F directed assembly of chiroptical superatoms

H Shen, Z Xu, L Wang, YZ Han, X Liu… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We report the synthesis and structure of tertiary chiral nanostructures with 100% optical
purity. A novel synthetic strategy, using chiral reducing agent, R and S‐BINAPCuBH4 …

Structure determination of a metastable Au 22 (SAdm) 16 nanocluster and its spontaneous transformation into Au 21 (SAdm) 15

Q Li, S Yang, T Chen, S Jin, J Chai, H Zhang, M Zhu - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
It is of great interest to investigate the evolution pattern of gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) due to
its significance in understanding the growth mechanism and origin of Au NCs. Capture of …

Structural Isomerism in Bimetallic Ag20Cu12 Nanoclusters

G Deng, S Malola, T Ki, X Liu, S Yoo… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Structural isomers of atomically precise metal nanoclusters are highly sought after for
investigating structure–property relationships in nanostructured materials. However, they are …

Synthesis and Structure of Polyhydrido Copper Nanocluster [Cu14H10(PPh3)8(SPhMe2)3]+: Symmetry-Breaking by Thiolate Ligands to form Racemic Pairs of …

S Zeng, X Ge, H Deng, S Hao, Z Zhang, BK Teo… - Journal of Cluster …, 2024 - Springer
A polyhydrido copper nanocluster,[Cu14H10 (PPh3) 8 (SR) 3]+(HSR= 2, 4-
dimethylbenzenethiol), adopting a distorted fcc structure, is reported. One cube-vertex …